Who will win Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, 2017

Who will win Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, 2017

Poll: Who will win Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, 2017

Total Members Polled: 263

UKiPs: 51%
Labour: 28%
Torys: 17%
Greens: 4%
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FN2TypeR

7,091 posts

94 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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hyphen said:
BlackLabel said:
UKIP have pissed this by-election away - even if they did absolutely no campaigning whatsoever and Nuttall flew to the other side of the planet for a month they would be in a better position than they are now.
yes I would be surprised if Nuttall does not voluntarily resign as leader in the event of him losing.
Resigning isn't necessarily a guarantee of anything in Kipper land though.

Dindoit

1,645 posts

95 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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hyphen said:
BlackLabel said:
UKIP have pissed this by-election away - even if they did absolutely no campaigning whatsoever and Nuttall flew to the other side of the planet for a month they would be in a better position than they are now.
yes I would be surprised if Nuttall does not voluntarily resign as leader in the event of him losing.
Who could possibly step into the limelight and save UKIP by becoming their leader, again?

wc98

10,416 posts

141 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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Einion Yrth said:
Is not the point, that everyone is swerving, that politics as a whole is completely fcked. Nuttall vs Snell, really? I might piss on them if they were on fire solely to avoid a needless casualty. Likewise H.R.Clinton vs Donald J Trump; seriously you have a population of getting on for 350 million and those knobs are the best you can find?

Fck Me.
that sums up politics/politicians globally for me.unlike you ,i would not piss on any of them should they come to be on fire.

MarshPhantom

9,658 posts

138 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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One thing I can believe about Nuttall is he was once a member of the Tory Party.

Pan Pan Pan

9,928 posts

112 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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Why does the labour party call itself the labour party? During a series of interviews in the area aimed at determining public opinion, several of the people who were asked how they were going to vote, came out with the same old chestnut, I am going to vote labour because I work for a living.
Well it may surprise them, that millions of people in the UK also work for a living, but that does not mean that they vote labour.

Has the labour party adopted the name labour in the hope that those in society, who are not too bright, will automatically vote labour simply because they happen to work for a living?

Doesn't matter if a person is the one sweeping the shop floor, or the person in the boardroom who directs a company, they both have to work for a living.
At what point does one cease to be a worker, and more likely to vote for the labour party, or a director, and more likely to vote for the tories?

Should the labour party look for a new name which more accurately describes who they stand for, and if so what might that name be?

D-Angle

4,467 posts

243 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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Pan Pan Pan said:
Should the labour party look for a new name which more accurately describes who they stand for, and if so what might that name be?
Monster Raving Loony Party is already taken.

FN2TypeR

7,091 posts

94 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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The Left Wing Think Tank Party?

TLWTTP, it has a nice ring to it.

Halb

Original Poster:

53,012 posts

184 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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hyphen said:
yes I would be surprised if Nuttall does not voluntarily resign as leader in the event of him losing.
If UkiPs are to continue, it would be best to dump that balloon.

Robertj21a

16,478 posts

106 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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Pan Pan Pan said:
Why does the labour party call itself the labour party? During a series of interviews in the area aimed at determining public opinion, several of the people who were asked how they were going to vote, came out with the same old chestnut, I am going to vote labour because I work for a living.
Well it may surprise them, that millions of people in the UK also work for a living, but that does not mean that they vote labour.

Has the labour party adopted the name labour in the hope that those in society, who are not too bright, will automatically vote labour simply because they happen to work for a living?

Doesn't matter if a person is the one sweeping the shop floor, or the person in the boardroom who directs a company, they both have to work for a living.
At what point does one cease to be a worker, and more likely to vote for the labour party, or a director, and more likely to vote for the tories?

Should the labour party look for a new name which more accurately describes who they stand for, and if so what might that name be?
If it's going to be that ever so nice Messiah Tony Blair replacing Corbyn then I assume it can only be the New, Even Newer, New Labour Party.

hyphen

26,262 posts

91 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Nuttall gaffs continue, on the radio today he said he 'condoned' Aaron Bank's Hillsborough comments. When asked if he meant condemn rather than condone, he replied "yes sorry, I meant condemn what he said"

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news...


On the plus side, he said he spent 3 hours with the police yesterday giving witness statements over Hillsborough, better late then never! So it appears he was there.

Edited by hyphen on Tuesday 21st February 10:30

arfursleep

818 posts

105 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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hyphen said:
On the plus side, he said he spent 3 hours with the police yesterday giving witness statements over Hillsborough, better late then never! So it appears he was there.

Edited by hyphen on Tuesday 21st February 10:30
I doubt he was there. Does this mean he could be wasting police time or perverting the course of justice?

rscott

14,771 posts

192 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Did he mention the support from Bolton - http://www.itv.com/news/2017-02-19/ukip-mocked-for...

FN2TypeR

7,091 posts

94 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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hyphen said:
Nuttall gaffs continue, on the radio today he said he 'condoned' Aaron Bank's Hillsborough comments. When asked if he meant condemn rather than condone, he replied "yes sorry, I meant condemn what he said"

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news...


On the plus side, he said he spent 3 hours with the police yesterday giving witness statements over Hillsborough, better late then never! So it appears he was there.

Edited by hyphen on Tuesday 21st February 10:30
If he's talking to them he's not talking to anybody else, sounds like a fair use of tax payer money to me.

MarshPhantom

9,658 posts

138 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Still wouldn't be surprised if UKIP won, they do have rather low standards.

Sylvaforever

2,212 posts

99 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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MarshPhantom said:
Still wouldn't be surprised if UKIP won, they do have rather low standards.
Keeping the NHS free at point of delivery and scrapping NHS PFI initiative's?



Halb

Original Poster:

53,012 posts

184 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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Didn't realise Stoke was the ame date as COpeland, I knew COpeland was this week.

I think Eddie's chances have slipped some, due to his Billy Liar history.

Deptford Draylons

10,480 posts

244 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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The lack of quality candidates in this by-election and the stupidity of the main two will probably result in poor turn out of voters. I Think it will be close, but think Labour will edge.

Halb

Original Poster:

53,012 posts

184 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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Deptford Draylons said:
The lack of quality candidates in this by-election and the stupidity of the main two will probably result in poor turn out of voters. I Think it will be close, but think Labour will edge.
I reckon Labour will edge in COpeland as well, I reckon the NHS will have a greater pull than Sellafield.

MarshPhantom

9,658 posts

138 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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Sylvaforever said:
MarshPhantom said:
Still wouldn't be surprised if UKIP won, they do have rather low standards.
Keeping the NHS free at point of delivery and scrapping NHS PFI initiative's?


I meant UKIP voters.

alfie2244

11,292 posts

189 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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MarshPhantom said:
Sylvaforever said:
MarshPhantom said:
Still wouldn't be surprised if UKIP won, they do have rather low standards.
Keeping the NHS free at point of delivery and scrapping NHS PFI initiative's?


I meant UKIP voters.
More flatulence from marshgas I see.